Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (4) below? If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor.

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(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (6) below? Now what does this 'let him be poor' means?

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(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

Which of the following best replaces the word 'they' in sentence (7)?

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(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.

Which of the following is the best way to combine sentences (2), (3), (4) and (6)?

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(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

Which sentence would be the most appropriate to precede sentence (1)?

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(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.

Which of the following best replaces the word 'assailed' in sentence (2)?

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(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (1) below? is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (6) below? During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest.

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

Including a paragraph on which of the following would most strengthen the writer's argument?

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (11) below? is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

What is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (5) below? is laid upon political than upon academic

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (8) below? A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (12) below? inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

What is the best way to combine sentences no. (9) and (10)?

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

Which of the following sentences could be deleted without damaging the flow of the paragraph?

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) The thoughtless wickedness with which we scatter sentences of imprisonment, torture in the solitary cell and on the plank bed, privation of human intercourse and daily news, and flogging, on moral invalids and energetic rebels, is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as if it were either a wholesome tonic for lazy people or else a virtue to be embraced as St. Francis embraced it. (2) If a man is indolent let him be poor. (3) If he is drunken, let him be poor. (4) If he is addicted to the fine arts or to pure science instead of to trade and finance, let him be poor. (5) If he does not conform, let him be poor.(6) Now what does this ‘let him be poor’ means? It means let him be weak. (7) Let him be ignorant. (8) Let him be cheap, and drag his fellows down to his own price by selling himself to do their work. (9) Let his habitations turn our cities into poisonous congeries of slums. (10) This being so, is it really wise to let him be poor? (11) Would he not do ten times less harm as a prosperous burglar, incendiary or murderer, to the utmost limits of humanity’s comparatively negligible impulses in these directions? (12) Suppose we were to decide that poverty is the one thing we will not tolerate – that every adult with less than a few thousands a year shall be inexorably brought within the ambit, and every hungry, half-naked child forcibly fed and clothed, would that be an enormous drag on our existing system?

What is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (12) below? there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (7) below? A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age.

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) It is necessary to have a standard of education. (2) We can set two sorts of standards there. (3) First, a minimum standard below which no one is allowed to fall, in the shape of so many years of elementary education in such and such subjects. (4) And secondly, and in a way even more important, a standard of equal opportunity for all, to ensure that no boy or girl is deprived of the chance of climbing to the top of the educational ladder through poverty or the accidents of birth. (5) There are also standards of economic security. (6) During the recent past, the sense of insecurity has been the single greatest cause, both of individual anxiety and frustration, and social instability and unrest. (7) A state must see to it that it gives to all its citizens minimum standards of security against ill health against unemployment against widowhood, against old age. (8) A man cannot be a good citizen nor do himself justice as an individual if he lives in a nightmare of frustration and anxiety about losing his job. (9) Issues of social security are, therefore, interlinked. (10) This is irrespective of whether they are in the field of basic education, basic health, employment or even protection against economic needs arising out of old age, disability etc. (11) The state expenditure on social security is bound to fall back upon the shoulders of the society at large. (12) A society that cannot take due care of such basic needs of each and every of its members is not fit to be called in the true sense of the term.

What is the best way to combine sentences no. (9) and (10)?

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The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. Read the passage and select the best answer for the question that follows. Keep in mind that some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask to consider organization and development. In choosing the answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(1) Students at present are not what they were two generations ago. (2) A sense of frustration has assailed their minds. (3) They feel that the so called education does not enable them to face the economic difficulties of the modern world. (4) Hence they develop a philosophy of pessimism resulting in defiance. (5) Greater emphasis is laid upon political than upon academic interests. (6) What is still more harmful is that politicians are exploiting this non-academic interest of the students. (7) Naturally they lose their balance of mind and drift rudderless on the current of their impulses. (8) Sometimes they are misled by teacher – politicians. (9) But we need not be depressed. (10) Most of the students are yet in their teens. (11) Their minds are plastic and their hearts sensitive and impressionable. (12) If worthy ideals are set before them by teachers, guardians and other well wishers there is no reason why students should not become good useful citizens.